A Comet of the Enlightenment: Humble Beginnings
Stén, Johan C.-E.
2014-01-06 00:00:00
[Anders Johan Lexell was born as a “Christmas gift”, on 24 December 1740 in Åbo, the principal ecclesiastic and administrative centre of Swedish Finland. At the time, the town Åbo, which is the Swedish name of the city today equally known by the Finnish name Turku, had a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. Of them, roughly two thirds were Finnish speaking and one third Swedish speaking. The government officials and the upper echelons of society were mainly Swedish speaking, and Swedish was also Lexell’s mother tongue. At the time, the town of Åbo was Finland’s largest commercial centre with so-called staple rights, meaning that all exports of the region, such as tar and other forest products, were by decree required to pass through the town. Cultural life in Finland was assembled principally around the university of Åbo, called Kungliga Akademien or the Royal Academy of Åbo (in Latin: Regia Academia Aboensis).]
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[Anders Johan Lexell was born as a “Christmas gift”, on 24 December 1740 in Åbo, the principal ecclesiastic and administrative centre of Swedish Finland. At the time, the town Åbo, which is the Swedish name of the city today equally known by the Finnish name Turku, had a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. Of them, roughly two thirds were Finnish speaking and one third Swedish speaking. The government officials and the upper echelons of society were mainly Swedish speaking, and Swedish was also Lexell’s mother tongue. At the time, the town of Åbo was Finland’s largest commercial centre with so-called staple rights, meaning that all exports of the region, such as tar and other forest products, were by decree required to pass through the town. Cultural life in Finland was assembled principally around the university of Åbo, called Kungliga Akademien or the Royal Academy of Åbo (in Latin: Regia Academia Aboensis).]
Published: Jan 6, 2014
Keywords: Royal Academy; Administrative Centre; Integral Calculus; Parabolic Trajectory; Lecture Room
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